Protect forests

The Earth's ancient forests form some of the most diverse ecosystems known to science and are vital in regulating the world's climate. But eighty per cent of them have already been destroyed or degraded, and the remaining forests are under threat. Greenpeace is working to end illegal and destructive logging of the world's ancient forests, and to protect the rights of the indigenous peoples and species that depend on them.

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Forest and peatland clearance inside APP's Senepis tiger sanctuary

APP pulps trees from its own tiger sanctuary. How dumb is that?

Asia Pulp and Paper – the company doing so much to jeopardise the future of Indonesia's rainforests – has done some pretty stupid things in the past. But...
Posted by ianduff - 16 December, 2011 - 16:04
Samba drummer outside the Brazilian embassy in London

Amazon devastation delayed as vote on Brazil's new forest law postponed

The next stage of voting on Brazil’s new Forest Code – which could have devastating impacts on the Amazon - has been once again postponed before going to...
Posted by Laura Kenyon - 15 December, 2011 - 15:59
Child in Papua New Guinea protesting about land grabbing

Adios, McKinsey: Papua New Guinea gives consultants the heave-ho

It seems the bad influence of McKinsey has diminished somewhat recently. The consultancy firm has been kicked out of Papua New Guinea (PNG), where it had been...
Posted by jamie - 14 December, 2011 - 14:58

Save the Amazon, veto the new Forest Code

We are edging closer to an "ecological calamity" in the Amazon rainforest and a vote in the Brazilian senate has pushed us closer to the brink. Yesterday,...
Posted by Laura Kenyon - 7 December, 2011 - 14:49

Bad advice at climate talks could increase deforestation and emissions

The big question that currently hangs over climate talks in Durban is whether or not the politicians will agree to sign a legally binding treaty by 2015...
Posted by Sebastian Bock - 2 December, 2011 - 11:08

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